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SOME farces are properly called little
laughter pieces.
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If alticted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaa
Tnompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it IS
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A SLIPPERY sidewalk is often a standing
Invitation to sit down. Philadelphia Item.
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SOME men are born great but hey out.
grow it.-Puck-
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ANunsteady man, like an unsteady light
Is apt to go out nights.-BurlitgtOn Free
Press
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JUMPING at CONGRESSIONAL dog trying to
catch his own tail.-Nelo Have,t Nc,cs
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"CAsToR oil is easy to give, but awfully
hard to take" 80 is advice.-l'hiladelphi
Coli
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SEE notice Durang's Rheumatic Remedy
in this paper. Positive cure for rheumatism.
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A WESTERN lecturer has selected for his
subject IA Bad Egg" This subject often
strikes lecturer unfavorably. a orrlSto,on
Herald
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CONSUMPTION may be avoided by the timely
use of Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
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A. c. WHITE, Agt., D. & T. R. R. Zenia,
Ohio, writes: Red Star Cough Cure is a
most efficient remedy for bronchitis; the
first dose relieved me-" Price twenty-five
cents.
July 1881, wrote Thos p Gloster, Hol-
yoke, Mass, SIN three days cured an abcess
on MY arm with St Jacobs Oil" October
20, 1886, he says: "Was entirely cured of
the terrible suffering by It," Price fifty
cents
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THE pugilist is the modern Shylock Ha
Is always seeking pound of fesh
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THE great American dessert-pie.-Lzas
SiIttaaQS.
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A CoUGH, COLD, OR SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs are a simple remedy and give
prompt relief. 25 CTS. box.
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A BAD scrape-An amateur violinist solo.
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IT is the spur of the moment that makes
time fy.-N o. Picayslne.
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Hoods Sarsaparillais prepared from Sarsaps
rilla Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock, Juniper Ber-
ries, and other well known vegetable remedies,
in such peculiar manner as to derive the full
medicinal value of each. 1t will cure, when in
the power of medicine, scrofula. salt rheum,
sores, bols, pimples, all humors, dyspepsia, bill
iousness, sick headache, indigestion, general de-
bility ,catarrh rheumatism, kidney an liver com
plants. 1t overcomes that extreme tired feeling
caused by change of climate, season, or life.
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WHAT WILL A PATENT COSTo

III, after special examination Won arc ay,qa, ,,..
your Invention IS patenable send the estimated cost ~
5ne uItNgs anu 80 10 pay the first Government Zee
The Application will then be prepared filed and $780,
cuted without further expense 10 the applicaus tii -
faieht OthCe Examiner admits the pafentabiiv ~ -
invention or The case is officially allowed - ~
8ier the Application has been declared TO be nasent-
aole e attorney zee OF 50 is due but before the patent
thus making the total cost Of patent In orItnav 80
Exclusive OF drawings) 500 " S 49,
special examination and report will cost A. which
amount lsppiie rs part of attorneys fee should an ap-
nom date of special report -
Inc attorneys fee Is only contingent I'm cases where
special examination has drst been made and favor-
bic report rendered
Thus you know beforehand whether Won are 0oiu0 4,
secure patent not and attorneys fee Is CHARGED
unless patent is obtained An attorney whose foe ia
ponds on his success in obtaining patent will not aVa
you mat your invention Is paentable unless really il
50 TAR rs MS best Judgment aid In determining tha
question. hence you rely the advice given AFTER
special examination ID sign Patents and he ke0is-
udtfoH gf Labels, Trade-fiarks and Reissues
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maze very often valuable inventions are saved IN these
Glasses OF eases II you have undertaken 10 secure vo1r
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Opinions given regarding validity Of patents; searches
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The John p. LoyeIl Arms a..

IL is Of the utmost imporiance that parties
who are in want Of good Gun. Rife or Revolt
yer, or, in fact. anything in the sporting goods
line, should patronize reliable dea.er i'm these
goods, whose reputation for honestly dealing
with their patrons is established.
Such is the reputation that has been enjoyed
by the John u. Lowell Arms Co., of Boston.
Mass, for the last forty-seven years The bust
ness of this well house was established
in lS40. by Mr.. John p. Lowell, who Is now the
honored president of the company. Their
reputation for honest dealing with their patrons
is not limited TO this country alone, but Is
world wide. as they have customers in every
portion of the habitable globe Ii is a pleasure
TO purchase goods from this well known firm.
for the purchaser is assured that when he re-
ceives his goods that they will be found 10 be
exactly AS represented In their extensive cata-
loghes. which they issue for the convenience of
customers who reside at n distance, and who
cannot pay them visit 10 make a personal
selection. The John =. Lowell Arms Co are
extensive manufacturers Of Guns, Revolvers,
Roller Skates, Police Goods, Air Rifles, &C. &c.
which explains why their prices are So much
lower than those of their competitors who have
10 depend on other manufacturers for their
goods. IL Is an interesting sight TO visit the
extensive warerooms OF this firm, where are
stored thousands of the most celebrated makes
OF Shot Guns Rifles, &c. 90. The building itself
10 an imposing structure, situated in the most
historic part of old Boston, and facing Faneuil
Hall and the statue Of Samuel Adams.
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himself defective. One must amend himself

himself defective. One must amend himself
first.
mote" is q small dry particle, as, e. g.,
chat. splinter, a fine spire of grass grain.
the spiculse or beard on the head of barley or
wheat, mere speck. Figuratively it means q
little fault or foible. A bean" is a large
square piece of timber. a joist. Figuratively
it means heinOus offense.
Many a man is like Hydrologic Menus, who
was not pleased with anybody nor thing. All
the gods were subject to his satire. Even Vul-
can and Minerva. and Neptune and Venus her.
self had serious defects when Menus looked at
them. We read be was driven from Olympus.
No wonder. We do not want about us "a man
who finds in everybody but himself something
to criticise.
The two following anecdotes illustrate the
lesson:
"a lady, on one occasion. upon examining a
room which had not long before been put in
order. complained to the servant that it was
dusty. The latter said, respectfully, The
dust is on your glasses, and, sure enough, when
they had been removed and carefully wiped,
the room put on quite another aspect How
very wide is the application that can be made
of such an aneedote. and yet it is really only
an extract from the Sermon on the Mount.
We see in it our Lords words respecting the
mote and the beam. Objects change according
to the media through which they are examined,
just as the ehameleOn-and there are many
men like them-takes its hue from the tree it
happens TO be on. The monster that we see in
the moon is often but the Ay upon the glass of
the telescope. There is much wisdom in the
exhortatiOn to be slow to speak and slow to
wrath"
" A striking illustration of the Savior's para
bic of the beam and the mote is found in the
life of Joseph Bonaparte. While residing in
BordentOwn, ". j.. he had poor fellow ar
rested, convicted and imprisoned. for stealing
from him six silver spoons, aud yet he himself
had been thief on grand scale, having, dur
ing his Spanish campaign, distracted the
treasures of that country and rifed its
churchesD
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Like Poor Fireworks

Ncio York Sun.
Maria" said Podgkins, who has family OF
grown-up daughters, our girls seem like poor
fireworks"
Like poor fireworks, John2 Howl"
"They fail 10 go off,"
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BIBLE BRIGADE.
BRAIN-RACKERS.

RIO Continuous In sending answers name
No. Of THR NATIONAL TRIBUNE in which the puzzle
la found. Answers Of Fueassrs mny he forwarded
within a week amer reseivins tkis TRIBUNE. DO not
make numerical enisuas of your names.
Answers must accompany all puzzles fOr~arded.l
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE AUG IL.
Geographical DOubles-IIudson. elk long, Wash
ington, red green. white. blue and yellow.
COMMUNICATIONS Ia dry attie)
Word SquEre-Rural. unite. rila. atlas least.
Buried Rivers-Ganges, Tiger oder. Seine. ORR
noco. Nile. Hudson. Elbe. Mouse, Arno, PO Red.
Rhyming Enigma-Maori.
Diamond Hour Glass
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Dihtnono-c, con, domes, compact, companion,
beRuood scion, tod. n
Numerical OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Gross Word Enigma Ignis fatuus.
Prize Enigma-John A. Logan.
All-like Euigma-NATIoHAL TRIBUNE.
Cross Word Enigma. Rome
An American Humorist-Biil Nye.
Numerical Prize Enigma-Mhat is dark below Is
light In Heaven.
DOUBLE AcRosTIc.
] am composed % eight words.
My lsi h "A long rest and intended time TO kill:
% Is n Latin sentence. meaning OF my own
free viii
Sd j. 10 he quite close and
4th will do for san Jose;
9th h. by writers used, and
9th by children is much abused;
9Th II NOT State. and
Sth we all sometimes appreciate.
Ny whole has caused the groans, tears, wailing
and blood OF weeping widows, children. orphans
old men and struggling women.
-R. Van Wrinkle. West CoxsaclSie, N. Y.
PROGRESSIVE HALF SQUARE.
First a consonaut;
Second. Ia like manner;
Third, note In music;
Fourth. fish;
Fifth, genus Of mullusks;
Sixth the of the west portion OF the strait
that intervenes between the Isle Of Wright and the
M. H., No New Castle. Me-
PICTURE GALLERY.
Having amused yourselves In Cleo Harper's me-
nagerie, invite you into my picture gallery 10
spend "A stray hour.
4. To unite, verb, upon;
2 boys name, an offspring;
3, Because, TO lie;
4. Happy, mineral substance;
o. bird taverns.
6. An interlecton, poet;
z. church lyscotl, 10 disembaTk;
D To cease, 10 forify;
s. Unframed. a vowel, present time;
10. view, yOnder, eobs.
Pat Riot Hope. Oak.
DIAMOND.
l. A letter
2. TO sigh with a sudden heaying Of the breast
3. Higher Ia place.
.. Muund upon spool.
y. Causing sleep.
Q. Smcared with lime.
z. To ailude.
3. Performed
8. letter. -odell Cyclone.
AN EMPTY RHYME.
TITS taken with AS when we die, what some almost
TIE wi hat The miser gives away--he can do nothing
less:
The prisoner says ID ina defense when placed before
the bar;
What some may be to others who perfect strangers
are.
What no one cares 10 work for. what every one
should owe;
What You may stand In need OIL trust IL may
be 500
II T. OF no importance n you should be in doubt:
DO should You fail 10 guess IL you will he nothing
out.-Liiiie b. Pritohard. Frankport. Ind.
HISTORICAL ENIGMA.
In Philip, not Ia Claude;
in Mary, not IN MRude;
In Lewis, not In Jay;
In Lille. not la May.
My whole h the name Of d Tory Colonel during
The Revolution. who 10 avoid capture concealed
himself In pond, which has since borne ibis name
For first solution 20 my address four COMES
Leisure Hour Libmry.-Millie H. Hover, NADIA
lin, Duchess CO.. n. Y.
DOUBLE CROSSWORD ENIGMA.
Ia the red mans hands;
Ia the sified sands;
la an Englishman;
ln how fast he ran;
All WlIOies are lasts yet every last
j. not hole. How can this beY
Why, 'tis very plain; solve and see.
-SerpeggiAndo.
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DIAMOND.

DIAMOND.
i. A letter. . A hardy kind OF pony. 3. De-
sired with expectation. T. Bands 5. Pertaining to
the post~rior part Of the knee or ham. g. Conquer
ing. :. Drenched Jobs. 8. Toyield. 3. A letter.
-Odell Cyclone.
PREACHERS ENIGMA.
lam composed OF l6 letters.
Ny Is. l, III. g. is a place for the deadi
Z. Ia. g. l6. / Is good To drink;
l3 .. l.. 10 IL 10 DISSOLVE;
8. g. i3 IL not clear;
4, = 2 is TO bind.
NV whole IL the name of a well-known min
is,er.-Joseph L. Baity. Mill Shoals Ill.
BRAVE GENERAL.
In ship not in boat
In sheep. not ia goat;
In neat. not in slouch;
la berth, not la couch;
In will. not in wary;
In December. not ia May;
In all, uot in some;
Ia cannon also in gun.
My whole is "A General bold and brave.
Who for the Stars and Stripes would dare the grave
Fred Scely, East Orange, N. j.
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PA 7 T N 7 81.
CAN ] OBTAIN A PATENTp

You can ascertain z your Invention Is paientable by
sending 10 q GEORGE 4. LE Won, of WaShi,t5f,Y3
ID. -, description and rough sketch or m Won c,n}
0Iei OF your invention aud upon receipt Of the sams
ne viii make an examination aud inform Won - IN
Wnether IN ms opinion, your invention h new au f
ENABLE anu II 10 Is advisable proceed with Ire 10
FOR tlis information and examination no ege 4, null
You desire tlll report and copies Of previous pstpnts
W there are any, which appear % be similar 10 vour in
vention, You should have made a Special Fxlrnf,o-
1Oii, the charge for said examination being g. An in
yent"r shoud always take advantage Of this special ar
animation before going to the expense having roo4
Patent Office F'F'' IA mo O'H
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INCREASE OFPENSIONS

Many pensioners throughout the country are entitled
TO an increase Of their pensions Never in the history OF
the Pension OhIce have satisfactory results in
claims Tor increase Of pensions been experienced than
under the present Administration and this due he
liberal policy Of the Pension Bureau which recognizes
the fact that disabilities progressive their nature
Congress TOO, has from 10 time increased certain ratings
and 10 Is safe to assume in the majority Of where
pension has not been increased during the past wear or
more that the pensiOner is entitled increase Of his
pension.
advise every pensioner who thinks ne rated too low
TO correspond with the subject will carefully
examine his and advise him the probability 81
securing increase. mike charge advice and
the fee is not due unless and then 90 pavbls
by the Pension Agent out Of the first payment tension
after the increase is granted The Zee u claims
where disability Is alleged 80 Over % wears
of active practice before the various Departments enables
me to give the benefit of my experience my clients
GEORGE f. LEMON. Attorney,
61j Fifteenth 1T. y. w..
WASHINGTON, y. C.
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The Palmer the BETTER.
[Netp York Sun.l

IAeb IOTE Sun.
"That is certainly the ugliest pug dog ever
saw" said husband whose wife had led home
recent purchase.
Yes" said the lady, rapturously, "that is
the beauty Of the dear little fellow"
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~. RIDER HAaGARp's sToRrFs

fnIEADs oF THE Q. G.: would reply 20 Clarence
W BoWerb, Geneva, O., in regard 10 the writings
of H. Rider 4aggnrd. Though possessed and writ
zen Ia weird and romantic style, they are so
vague ~ TO Eeduce the mind 10 the passAge of
nOthiHgness, nin fully aware that several VI The
novels mol pretend % be anything but fiction in
the extreme nevertheless they should have so,,,s
VeTitg,ble foundation, Possessing tire faculty af
depicting various scenes a. South Africa with such
minuteueps hs tO be immediately proclaimed a
novelist 81 SO poor school Hngeard was lifted far
above himself 10 such "A degree az 20 borrow IDEAS
ano - cease being Original. iiis King Solomon's
Mines given forth as an " Accurate history Of ad.
yentures D. unmirtakaby n plagiarism consist
Ing Of Hn aggregation Of BuiWeFs " New Utopia
nnd ihe Arabian Nights The majority oi tie
titles ere enough 70 inVeigle le superficial reader
70 pages which are stale flat and uuprontalle
when ihggard WAS comparatively an embryo
Wiltefoi novels, on when king Solomon's Mines
Wac hisi published, y resembled Tom Moorc's
" Epicuenn 10 nearly thai lac was pronounced
lmmediri"is a pnPinrist. Like Byron. De answered
that hc never read any of Moore's writings
For "a hgpetbohcal writer oOucrde him as being
very iar o. advance, aud 10 such an extent ar TO lie
Neeiaealy ltopian. The constant vernHcular ex-
Pfezsioiis which lac INDUCES in utterly useless
iof only By tie aid Of an interpreter can te Roou.
rate meaning be conveyed 10 Rn intelligent reader
~ ivi portray his a villain. lac De- most WFcicled
nlhklls MN as dcaIlcable, callOus -hearted aud
o0d-ihirsiy ~ caD~ile conceived, for instance
tht viilHn in "Jess" The only sublime and senti-
mena passage in this entire fON e i the opinistie
diaiog between Jess and Jno. Newton. Tie re-
peaiea description Of the moon ia " She y becomes
baokneyed aud probably II an anaRae were con-
suited would prove 10 the contrary, aud unless
they have more Than one moon think ID IL impos-
sble Tor IL a. rise witl such refulge lilit twice i
AZ hours. The unprecedented activity which M
shown ln tThVeiiDg in proportion TO time may well
be SAID they annlhintc both time aud space -
5ueh phrases az memory writes $40 records %
seeing thunder" etc, ridiculous in the es-
tfene'-John James Washington, d. c.
CLUB WHISPERS
My g. &. badge came 90 hand safely, and lliinl
~ De"uiy, hiia hn proud 10 wear IL aud tell nv
ile,,as WIN. y slsnilcs Wish all te club Gl
hhFe ono grand messing How many OF AS would
be disappointed, wonder la onr q q fSs,,ds
~9.s, nope Annie J.. Marsh sangu-. Ma-~
think I. 4. lliclS alan - lettlr splendid Wauid
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Delicate diseases of either sex, how
ever induced. speedily and radically cured.
Address, in confidence, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
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Ten Times one is Ten.

There has come to st. Nicholas n let
ter helpfully suggestive with hints in
good cause, which ought TO reach as
many girls as possible.
DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: | want to tell
you of society which | and some of
my schoolmates joined last winter, and
which, think. many girls would like
to join if they knew about it. 1t is CALI
ed The Kings Daughters. and the
object is TO help ones self and others 10
correct faults or to do kindnesses. 1t is
society of tens, every ten forming
Chapter. Each Chapter has a president,
who conducts the meetings. and any
member can start another Chapter.
Each Chapter selects its own object,
and meets at specified times to consult
and report its progress. For instance,
We decided in ours that we would try
not to say disagreeable things about
people; and when we mat we read
whatever we thought would help us to
correct this fault, and if any one had
any suggestions 10 make about the
management of the tens, she made it
then. A Chapter often has secretary
and treasurer, if its object requires such
officers. After a while, if the tens wish,
they can break up and form new ones.
The motto of the Society is "In HIS
Name" and there Is badge of narrow
purple ribbon and a small silver cross
engraved with l. H. N.
The Society started in New York.
where live, and 1 should bc very glad
to tell any of your girls more about it.
if they care 10 hear. Your faithful
reader.-C c. StinlsOn, IN ST. Nicholas.
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Sheep Raising in Montana.

1t is only ten years since the first sheep
were brought into Montana, and last
year the wool clip was over three mill
lion pounds. The climate gives the
finest fiber to the wool, and the sheep
seem hardy and healthy. Last year the
deaths were only two per cent in the
focks.
Medium, rather than verv fine-wool-
ed sheep. are considered most prof a BILE.
The wool is remarkably free from burs
and dirt; and the sheep are very healthy,
though the scab is prevalent and re-
quires the same vigorous treatment for
its eradication rs elsewhere. Some hay
and shelter are provided for winter.
Fresh pasture is reserved for ewes in
the lambing season. which comes the
last of April and In May. Shearing is
done without previous washing. and
dipping follows the shearing.
In order to make a success in the
sheep business here, sheepmen have
found that they must put up from
twenty-five to forty tons of hay for
every thousand head, besides building
sheds in which the animals may seek
shelter during excessive cold. The hay
can be put up ut from two dollars to
two dollars and a half per ton. and is
an absolute necessity to successful
sheep husbandry here.
The average clip in this territory is
about six and one-half pounds per
sheep, though isolated instances are re-
ported of clips of twenty-five pounds
american AgricultUrist.
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Mislaid the Corpse.

In back-cOuntry town, where fun
erals serve much the same purpose that
the theatre does in cities, there Glanced
10 die one of the members of the COM
munity. and one of the neighbors was
asked 10 '.take charge" of the funeral.
On the day appointed the ommunitv
assembled and stood about in groups
discussing either the departed or the
condition of the crops, while the neigh
Dor in charge buslled from one room to
another making the last arrangements.
The hour for the funeral arrived. and
passed, and yet The services did not be-
gin. Still more time passed. and the
manager of affairs was seen to be hur-
rying from room to room. looking aux-
iously about as if in search of some
thing. As time passed. the audience
began TO show signs of impatience and
also of curiosity as the perplcxed face of
the man in charge appeared again be-
fore them. There was evidently Il
"hitch' in the proceedings somewhere,
and an explanation was necessary.
Mounting chair. the impromp;u un-
dertaker said: 'My friends, we are
are very sorry to cause anv delay in
e-ah-last rites to The departed. but
the-ah-trulh is, aOe haze nniSldid The
corpse"
1t transpired that the coffin had been
brought down to the lower entry or hall
from chamber, and through some mis-
understanding placed beside the stair
way in the shadow. Those coming in
from the bright sunlight had thrown
their wraps upon it. not realizing what
it was, and thus made it invisible -
Rarper'S MaQuziRe.